Day 25 Dorrigo to Gold Coast

Today was the end of our Tassie adventure. From here Warren and Kerry will make their way home as quickly as they can and we the Hoppers will make our way around the family before returning home next weekend. But before we close we had one more day and a couple more roads to ride. We woke to a foggy morning but by the time we had had breakfast it had lifted to reveal a glorious day. We head out to the Armidale - Grafton road and turned to Grafton. This road was much better than I remembered it last visit. As it wound through the forest and along the Nymbodia river. It is an hour of turn after turn. It takes some concentration particularly watching for cars and maybe a logging truck coming the other way but it was still good fun.

Fuelling in Grafton we headed to Casino for morning tea and then on to Kyogle and Murwillumbah over some more fun roads to lunch. Here we had a little extra entertainment. The day was heating up and some one had left their car in the street running. I guess with the a/c on so it would be cool when they returned. Just as we got off our bikes there was a loud bang and stream billowed from under the bonnet. It had blown a radiator hose and coolant was now running down the gutter. One of the locals turned it off left a note. By the time we had finished lunch it had been moved.

This was point when Tassie trip came to an end. Warren and Kerry decided to head for home. They headed for the coast and made Gympie for the night and home the next day but not without more Buell drama. It was now leaking oil from the tappet cover on the rear cylinder and on the next day ran rough. They nursed it back it Mackay getting in about 8pm Saturday night. We started our family visit. We crossed back into Queensland in the border rangers and made Ian and Jaynes about 4.30 after a brief visit to Natural Bridge. So ends a great adventure. I will write one more entry to fill you in on our final journey home and some of our reflections.